Training camp is here!

Can you smell it in the air? The smell of football leather, sweat, blood and grass? Yes, it’s that time football fans, time for us all to start evaluating, speculating, predicting, and well, just talking football.

After a long offseason it’s finally time to get back to work. I know I’ve been AWOL for a bit as I’ve taken my own break from football blogging. I figured there hasn’t been much to blog about since you guys and gals get the same news from the same news sources that I do, so no point in re-hashing old news about every charity event going on, the state of Cushing’s knee, who’s signed and who hasn’t and, well, you get the point.

But training camp has begun! So it’s time for me and my fellow bloggers to get back to work and get some honest to goodness football talk going.

Speaking of Cushing’s knee, reports out of camp, ok according to Cushing himself, his knee is 100%. That is very exciting, though not surprising, news. When you’re built like a Brian Cushing, and when you eat and train like a Brian Cushing, (hush you naysayers we don’t want to hear about your theories), it’s not surprising that someone with Cushing’s determination and work ethic (and whatever theory you subscribe to) would lead to a full and complete recovery. That does wonders for the defense because as we saw last season, anyone not named Watt that played defense for the Texans last season after Cushing went out felt the blow of losing a star player like #56.

There’s a lot to talk about, so again, without rehashing the same news that you guys and gals get from the same news sources I do, I’m interested to hear everyone’s takes on what they think the Texans will do this season.

Will the defense improve over last season? Will Cushing’s knee hold up? Will the offense improve or get worse? What’s so special about the special teams?

I’m opening the floor to you guys, I’ll answer as much as I can. If any of you get out to camp, I’d love to hear your personal takes on what you observed and what impressed or didn’t impress you. You can email me at texansfanblog@yahoo.com and I can write about your experience, or if you’re feeling wordy, you can always write up your experience in your own words and I’ll put it out there.